01-Sep-2019, 01:03 PM
Introduction
It's a long time between updates! We weren't slacking around.
During the past few months, I've spent/wasted a lot of time on the web site. Not going to bother you with the details, but it was a long hard slog. The web site part is mostly finished now AFAICT. And it's setup to operate smoothly for months if not years to come!
Back to Snakeoil, so what's new in this release? For activated users, the following are new:
WRT to release upgrade, note that there is no going back to 16.04 after you've upgraded to 18.04. So if you don't like the sound, the only way back is to reinstall!
Old players will be available as modules to be installed manually as desired. This allows you to keep your favourite version of MPD/Squeezelite when upgrading firmwares.
Again I would like to thank the supporters of Snakeoil OS. And I would like more to chip in.
There is still a signficant downside to Snakeoil OS, the kernel isn't flexible enough for it to run on all computers. Some of you might have a different ethernet card, a different audio card, and so on. A customised and stripped down RT kernel is the secret to Snakeoil's quality sound. If we are to put up a kernel that will work on 99% of the computers, the magic's gone and you're better off using another audiophile software altogether. There is a way to make this easier - a web tool where you can specify your hardware, and the system will auto-generate a custom upgrade or a install ISO that's tailor made for you. Now to get this working I'll need at least USD $80 a month to run the server on the cloud. If you like the music from Snakeoil OS, do consider becoming a Snakeoil patron. It's as low as USD$1 a month, charged at the end of every month ($12 annually - cheaper than the price of a new release CD). Click that orange button to your right.
Snakeoil is and will continue to be free to use for everybody. But with more support, it'll get even better.
Downloads[attachment=353]
(SHA1: 4c404629f8265abdee1b1a1a773da0750ff31849)[attachment=354]
(SHA1: ed6854f0a2c7c4a1aab936e86322c3ccb630731a)[attachment=355]
(SHA1: d1300b7f56a0f952d760db79d78756095ac4fe51)
Read the RAM Disk documention here.
Changelog
Known Issues
This is a relatively big update. So expect issues!
It's a long time between updates! We weren't slacking around.
During the past few months, I've spent/wasted a lot of time on the web site. Not going to bother you with the details, but it was a long hard slog. The web site part is mostly finished now AFAICT. And it's setup to operate smoothly for months if not years to come!
Back to Snakeoil, so what's new in this release? For activated users, the following are new:
- Ramdisk
- ability to do a Ubuntu release upgrade Ubuntu from the WebApp,
- and HQPlayer 4 (Ubuntu 18.04 only).
WRT to release upgrade, note that there is no going back to 16.04 after you've upgraded to 18.04. So if you don't like the sound, the only way back is to reinstall!
Old players will be available as modules to be installed manually as desired. This allows you to keep your favourite version of MPD/Squeezelite when upgrading firmwares.
Again I would like to thank the supporters of Snakeoil OS. And I would like more to chip in.
There is still a signficant downside to Snakeoil OS, the kernel isn't flexible enough for it to run on all computers. Some of you might have a different ethernet card, a different audio card, and so on. A customised and stripped down RT kernel is the secret to Snakeoil's quality sound. If we are to put up a kernel that will work on 99% of the computers, the magic's gone and you're better off using another audiophile software altogether. There is a way to make this easier - a web tool where you can specify your hardware, and the system will auto-generate a custom upgrade or a install ISO that's tailor made for you. Now to get this working I'll need at least USD $80 a month to run the server on the cloud. If you like the music from Snakeoil OS, do consider becoming a Snakeoil patron. It's as low as USD$1 a month, charged at the end of every month ($12 annually - cheaper than the price of a new release CD). Click that orange button to your right.
Snakeoil is and will continue to be free to use for everybody. But with more support, it'll get even better.
Downloads[attachment=353]
(SHA1: 4c404629f8265abdee1b1a1a773da0750ff31849)[attachment=354]
(SHA1: ed6854f0a2c7c4a1aab936e86322c3ccb630731a)[attachment=355]
(SHA1: d1300b7f56a0f952d760db79d78756095ac4fe51)
Read the RAM Disk documention here.
Changelog
- 0000350: [web-app] Disable "Enable Client" checkbox automatically if a server player has supported clients but none of the clients are installed
- 0000349: [players] Experimental HQPlayer4 Desktop support
- 0000272: [web-app] Activated: Add a mechanism to perform release updates
- 0000348: [web-app] Show ramfs/tmpfs RAM DISK in media library
- 0000346: [players] Update mpd 21 to 0.21.14
- 0000343: [web-app] Allow creation of RAM disk in GUI
- 0000347: [web-app] Add missing check for spaces in Snakeoil priority process name fields
- 0000345: [players] Reduce firmware sizes by stripping old versions of Squeezelite and MPD.
- 0000344: [install] Keep custom MPD Squeezelite players on firmware upgrade
- 0000328: [players] Activated: Honour uninstalled applications
- 0000340: [web-app] Show a message at end of update Ubuntu to let users know install has finished
- 0000341: [web-app] Change mouse cursor when it's hovering over a button
- 0000351: [web-service] Use bundled curl instead of OS supplied curl
- 0000352: [web-service] Monitor PHP upload size limit and change accordingly if they're too small
Known Issues
This is a relatively big update. So expect issues!
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I'll look into this in more details and hopefully fix this in the next update.
. What sort of memory are you using? R1 or R2? If you have both on hand to A/B, can you comment? R1 is faster, so it has the lowest latency possible, but does it sound better, or worse compared to R2?
Make sure to only copy files....